Thai Swankhalok stoneware box, lotus design in brown, 15th century

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Swankhalok (Thai) stoneware box, the globular form decorated in brown iron oxide with a wide band of scrolling foliage, the lid with radiating leaf motif around a central stupa.

15th century

10cm wide, 8cm high
Excellent condition, some chips beneath foot probably from time of manufacture, well cleaned

 

ref. Roxanna Brown, “The Ceramics of South-East Asia” pl XXXV b for a similar example, dated 15th-mid 16th century.

The Art Gallery of South Australia has an example which is the exact ‘negative’ of this design.

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